The social life of genes: privacy, property and the new genetics

The Mindful Body: A Prolegomenon to Future Work in Medical Anthropology

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Social Sciences, Anthropology, Biological Anthropology +10

The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective

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Social Sciences, Cultural Studies, Sociology +14

The Commodification of the Body and its Parts

Lesley A. Sharp · Annual Review of Anthropology · 2000 · 513 citations

Social Sciences, Anthropology, Surgery +12

Can Patents Deter Innovation

Michael Heller, Rebecca S. Eisenberg · 1998 · 512 citations

Management, Innovation Management, Intellectual Property Law +10

Women and the Knife: Cosmetic Surgery and the Colonization of Women's Bodies

Kathryn Morgan · Hypatia · 1991 · 361 citations

Social Sciences, Biotechnology, Plastic Surgery +16